The roughly 270 islanders of Bitra are key to conserving the unique biodiversity of the surrounding lagoon, say conservation ...

The process of atoll island accretion. Credit: Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.004 Ecological restoration may save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate ...

Coral reefs may look similar at first glance, but their shapes, locations and structures reveal how they form – and how vulnerable they are.

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...

Ecological restoration may save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate change, according to an international team of scientists, conservationists, and an indigenous leader. While global ...